David

The name that is transliterated as “David” in English means “beloved.” (Source: Cornwall / Smith 1997 )

In Spanish Sign Language it is translated with the sign signifying king and a sling (referring to 1 Samuel 17:49 and 2 Samuel 5:4). (Source: John Elwode in The Bible Translator 2008, p. 78ff. )


“Elizabeth” in Spanish Sign Language, source: Sociedad Bíblica de España

In German Sign Language it is only the sling. (See here ).


“David” in German Sign Language (source )

For more information on translations of proper names with sign language see Sign Language Bible Translations Have Something to Say to Hearing Christians .

The (Protestant) Mandarin Chinese transliteration of “David” is 大卫 (衛) / Dàwèi which carries an additional meaning of “Great Protector.”

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Translation commentary on Mark 10:48

Exegesis:

epetimōn … hina siōpēsē ‘they were rebuking … that he be silent’: the hina gives the content of the rebuke, not its purpose.

epitimaō (cf. 1.25) ‘rebuke,’ ‘stop,’ ‘command.’

siōpaō (cf. 3.4) ‘be silent,’ ‘be quiet.’

pollō mallon ‘the more instead,’ ‘rather much more.’

polu ‘much’: as an adverb elsewhere in Mark it is always used in the neuter accusative plural form polla (cf. 1.45; 3.12; 5.10, etc.): here in the dative singular it means ‘the more.’

mallon ‘more,’ ‘rather.’

Translation:

Rebuked is here used in the sense of ‘scolded.’

All the more is sometimes translatable as ‘the more they told him, Be quiet, that much more he kept shouting out.’

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on the Gospel of Mark. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1961. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator's Notes on Mark 10:48

10:48a

Many people: The phrase Many people probably refers to people who were in the large crowd that accompanied Jesus out of Jericho (10:46b).

admonished him to be silent: The people scolded Bartimaeus by telling him to stop calling out for help. In some languages it may be natural to use direct speech here. For example:

rebuked him. “Be quiet!” they said.

10:48b

but: The word but indicates a contrast between what the people told Bartimaeus to do and what he actually did. They told him to be quiet, but he shouted even more. Express the contrast in a natural way in your language.

he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”: The phrase cried out all the louder means “shouted even louder than before.” For “Son of David, have mercy on me!” see the notes on 10:47b.

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